[Adopted 7-11-2005 by Ord. No. 643]
This article shall be known as the "Sellersville Borough Emergency
Service Cost Reimbursement Ordinance."
The Borough shall not be responsible for any aspect of the recovery
of costs under this article. The Borough shall not take any steps
to assist the fire departments or any third-party billing service
in recovery of costs under this article.
Any attempt by a fire department or third-party billing service
to recover costs from any individual/entity other than the appropriate
insurance company/carrier shall result in the immediate revocation
of the authority to recover such costs granted under this article.
[Adopted 8-7-2017 by Ord.
No. 713]
This article shall be known as the "Sellersville Borough Emergency
Rapid Entry System Ordinance."
The following words and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
ALARM MONITORING COMPANY
Any person or entity that monitors an automated fire alarm
system and upon receipt of a signal from such system notifies the
Bucks County 9-1-1 communications center.
AUTOMATED FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
A system or assembly of equipment composed of sensory apparatus
and related hardware that detects the presence of smoke or fire and
automatically transmits a signal from the premises to an alarm monitoring
company.
AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM
A system or assembly of piping, valves, controls, and sprinklers
designed to utilize water, foam, CO2, or other gas to automatically
suppress fire.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Sellersville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
FIRE CHIEF
The duly appointed Chief of the Sellersville Fire Department.
KNOX-BOX®
A rapid entry lock box manufactured by the Knox Corporation,
the exact model and placement to be determined by the Fire Chief in
his reasonable judgment, for which the Fire Department maintains a
master key to obtain entry in order to access key(s) to a building
and certain locked areas within such building as designated by the
Fire Chief.
All Knox-Boxes shall contain labeled keys that clearly identify
the building and any locked areas designated by the Fire Chief to
which the keys apply.
This article shall be enforced by a criminal action in the same
manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the
Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. A person convicted of violating
this article shall be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $1,000
per violation plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees
incurred by the Borough of Sellersville or to imprisonment for not
more than 90 days, or both. Violations of more than one provision
of this article shall constitute separate violations. Each day that
a violation of any provision of this article continues or occurs shall
constitute a separate violation.